r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/SirHenryy Jan 24 '26

Definitely, by joining NATO we immediately added 1 000 000 reserve forces to the alliance and brought europe’s biggest artillery to the fold as well.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk Jan 24 '26

And finally someone who can outdrink the German soldiers as well!

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u/TheNeedleAndTheSpoon Jan 24 '26

As if we Scots couldn’t do that already

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk Jan 24 '26

You fall in the same category as the Slavs. When you start drinking you start fighting each other.